Zona Waktu

Pada pagi keempat, kereta berada di sebelah barat Novosibirsk. Polly melihat jam. Jam menunjukkan pukul 06:30. Jam itu tidak berubah sejak dari Moskow.

On the fourth morning, the train was west of Novosibirsk. Polly looked at the clock. It said 06:30. The clock had not changed since Moscow.

Seluruh kereta berjalan dengan waktu Moskow. Waktu tidak berubah selama tujuh hari. Anda tidak bisa menjalankan kereta panjang dengan waktu berbeda di setiap stasiun.

The whole train runs on Moscow time. It does not change for seven days. You cannot run a long train with different times at each station.

Namun, waktu lokal di luar adalah 10:30. Matahari sudah terbit selama enam jam.

But local time outside was 10:30. The sun had been up for six hours.

Polly pergi mencari kereta makan. Letaknya tiga gerbong jauhnya. Dia melompat-lompat di sepanjang koridor.

Polly went to find the dining car. It was three carriages away. She hopped along the corridor.

Para kondektur dengan seragam hijau membaca koran di antara stasiun. Mereka tampaknya tidak terkejut melihat seekor burung beo.

The conductors in green uniforms read newspapers between stations. They did not seem surprised to see a parrot.

Kereta makan memiliki dinding berwarna biru pucat dan tirai renda. Polly bertengger di sebuah bilik dekat jendela.

The dining car had pale blue walls and lace curtains. Polly perched at a booth by the window.

Seorang pelayan membawakan menu untuknya. Dia memiringkan kepalanya. Pelayan itu mengambil kembali menu tersebut. Lalu dia membawakan sepiring kecil. Roti, mentega, dan ikan haring gelap.

A waiter brought her a menu. She tilted her head. He took the menu back. Then he brought her a small plate. Bread, butter, and dark herring.

"Hidangan dari dapur," katanya.

"Compliments of the kitchen," he said.

Ikan haring itu asin. Rotinya asam. Orang Rusia telah makan ini di kereta selama seratus dua puluh tahun.

The herring was salty. The bread was sour. Russians have been eating this on trains for a hundred and twenty years.

Di luar, hutan telah berubah menjadi padang rumput terbuka. Sapi-sapi merumput di dekat sebuah rumah kecil. Seorang pria dengan sepeda menunggu di perlintasan kereta api.

Outside, the forest had become open grassland. Cows grazed near a small house. A man on a bicycle waited at a railway crossing.